diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c2a369a1b3..7da572edf9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@ addons:
 cache:
   directories:
   - .autoconf
-  - $HOME/.m2
\ No newline at end of file
+  - $HOME/.m2
+  
+  sudo: required
+  
+  env:
+    global:
+      JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx2048M -Xss128M -XX:MaxPermSize=2048M -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC"
+      MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx2048M -Xss128M -XX:MaxPermSize=2048M -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC"